Isa Rahunen

{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox ice hockey biography

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|4|16}}

| birth_place = Kuopio, Finland

| height_m = 1.64

| weight_kg = 67

| position = Defense

| shoots = Left

| played_for = Kärpät Oulu
KalPa Kuopio

| sex = f

| ntl_team = FIN

| career_start = 2010

| career_end = 2021

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Pyeongchang|Ice hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Finland|}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 United States|}}

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Isa Rahunen (born 16 April 1993) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player, currently serving as a linesman in the Naisten Liiga. She represented Finland with the national ice hockey team in numerous international competitions and won a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship and bronze medals at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, and at the Four Nations Cup in 2018.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-04|title=IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/509/IHW5090FIN_33_3_0_FIN.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220104010/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/509/IHW5090FIN_33_3_0_FIN.pdf|archive-date=2018-02-20|work=IIHF|access-date=2017-12-30}}{{Cite web|date=2017|title=2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Teams: FIN, Roster|url=http://www.worldwomen2017.com/en/teams/#FIN|access-date=2021-02-21|website=WorldWomen2017.com}}{{Cite web|date=2019-04-05|title=IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/510/IHW5100FIN_33_2_0_FIN.pdf|work=IIHF|access-date=2021-02-21}}

Rahunen announced her retirement from the national team and from top-level club competition after the 2019–20 Naisten Liiga season, citing a desire to focus more fully on her career as a nurse at the Oulu University Hospital.{{cite web|last1=Kirsi|first1=Teiskonlahti|last2=Vainikka|first2=Jussi|date=2020-08-04|title=Naisleijonien puolustaja Isa Rahunen lopettaa uransa ja keskittyy työhönsä sairaanhoitajana: "Ajattelen, että olen kokenut hyvin paljon"|url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11478675|accessdate=2020-04-06|website=Yle|language=fi}} However, she returned to the Naisten Liiga as an active player for a short period during the later part of the 2020–21 season.{{Cite web|last=Annala|first=Päivi|date=2021-01-28|title=Isa Rahunen palaa Oulun Kärppiin – into pelaamiseen syntyi uudelleen hengähdystauon jälkeen|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11761496|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Yle Uutiset|language=fi}}